diff --git a/pkg/log/format.go b/pkg/log/format.go
index 13f373e7b..57a97e250 100644
--- a/pkg/log/format.go
+++ b/pkg/log/format.go
@@ -10,9 +10,21 @@ import (
 )
 
 func getGCPFormatter(level slog.Level) *slog.Logger {
-
-	l := slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: level}))
-	return l
+	return slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{
+		Level: level,
+		ReplaceAttr: func(groups []string, a slog.Attr) slog.Attr {
+			switch a.Key {
+			case slog.LevelKey:
+				return slog.String("severity", a.Value.String())
+			case slog.MessageKey:
+				return slog.String("message", a.Value.String())
+			case slog.TimeKey:
+				return slog.String("timestamp", a.Value.Time().Format(time.RFC3339))
+			default:
+				return a
+			}
+		},
+	}))
 }
 
 const lightGrey = 0xffccc
diff --git a/pkg/middleware/log_entry.go b/pkg/middleware/log_entry.go
index 8d6016cf7..980637cae 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/log_entry.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/log_entry.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/requestid"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // LogEntryMiddleware builds a log.Entry, setting the request fields
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ func LogEntryMiddleware(lggr *log.Logger) mux.MiddlewareFunc {
 	return func(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		f := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			ctx := r.Context()
-			ent := lggr.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+			ent := lggr.WithFields(map[string]interface{}{
 				"http-method": r.Method,
 				"http-path":   r.URL.Path,
 				"request-id":  requestid.FromContext(ctx),
diff --git a/pkg/middleware/log_entry_test.go b/pkg/middleware/log_entry_test.go
index 7ce3e87b2..1b7b4e9a2 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/log_entry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/log_entry_test.go
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ func TestLogContext(t *testing.T) {
 	r := mux.NewRouter()
 	r.HandleFunc("/test", h)
 
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	lggr := log.New("", slog.LevelDebug, "")
 	opts := slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelDebug}
-	handler := slog.NewJSONHandler(&buf, &opts)
+	handler := slog.NewJSONHandler(buf, &opts)
 	lggr.Logger = slog.New(handler)
 
 	r.Use(LogEntryMiddleware(lggr))